On our latest episode of Security Nation, we spoke with a true hero: Chris Hadnagy, founder of the Innocent Lives Foundation. He works as a social engineer, helping to advance understanding around the field and why it’s the No. 1 attack vector in technology. Chris is also the founder and CEO of socialengineer.org, founded the social engineering village at DEF CON, and runs the Human Hacking Conference. We spoke with Chris about his charity, the Innocent Lives Foundation, and its work to catch perpetrators of child pornography.
What is the Innocent Lives Foundation?
The Innocent Lives Foundation is focused on gathering professionals from the infosec community that can find things that don’t want to be found. The foundation works closely with law enforcement on both the federal and local level to uncover perpetrators of child pornography and ensure they receive justice.
Chris started the foundation after an interesting pen test in which he and his security team found an IP address tied to pretty constant Tor traffic that was not related to the business organization’s operations. After recommending that the company owner install a keylogger on the computer in question, the team discovered the employee was using the computer to transmit videos of child pornography over the Dark Web.
Chris started the foundation after a pen test in which he and his security team found an IP address tied to pretty constant Tor traffic, which they uncovered quickly was not related to the business organization’s operations. They recommended to the company owner that he install a keylogger on the computer that was being used for the Tor traffic. The owner found ou ..
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